Kentucky headhunters are a band that has been around in one form or another for almost 50 years, first as “Itchy brother” before splitting then reuniting with a new name – The headhunters.  Finding another band with that name led to a quick change to Kentucky headhunters, and thats what …

Lamb of God’s new EP isn’t just a typical “keep the fans happy till we write a new album” type of EP release, but instead is part of a charity campaign to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  The choice of charity is linked to the title track – The …

Amsterdam based metalband THE CHARM THE FURY have signed a record deal with the world’s biggest heavy metal label Nuclear Blast. As the follow-up to their debut album, A Shade Of My Former Self, the band will release a new album in March 2017 through the established rock and metal independent. Be sure …

Switzerland’s legendary hard rock act KROKUS are back with a brand new studio album – ‘BIG ROCKS’ is penned for a January 27th 2017 release via Century Media Records. On ‘BIG ROCKS’ KROKUS are paying tribute to bands and artists like Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Who, Steppenwolf, Neil Young, Bob …

TRIVIUM have shared ‘Lake of Fire’, the third and final instant grat track from their forthcoming reissue of Ember To Inferno, out December 2 via Cooking Vinyl. Listen to “Lake of Fire” here. “‘The Red Album’ is the best recorded version of the absolute earliest Trivium there is,” said singer and guitarist Matt Heafy. “‘Thrust’ was the very first Trivium …

Award-winning blues-rock guitarist Aynsley Lister is back on tour in the UK again after playing 20 shows in Europe. Aynsley kicks off the second part of his UK Tour on Thursday 1st December 2016 at the Putney Half Moon. Aynsley Lister’s 41-date UK and European tour dovetails the release of …

Silence was reigning the camp of Finnish heavy metallers, BATTLE BEAST, during the last weeks. But now this tranquillity has come to an end – the band with frontwoman Noora Louhimo has returned and are set to release their fourth studio record titled ‘Bringer Of Pain’, on February 17th, 2017 …

STONE SOUR celebrate the 10th anniversary of their classic second album, ‘Come What(ever) May’ with a deluxe edition released on 16th December via digital download, streaming and 2 x LP black & gold mixed vinyl – the album’s first ever vinyl release. The edition is heralded by a previously unreleased acoustic version …

KISS, America’s #1 Gold Record Award winning group of all time in every category, are pleased to announce further Arena shows across Europe in May 2017. Having already announced Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Austria and Holland, KISS now add Denmark, Italy, Czech Republic and the UK. Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Eric Singer …

Reinvigorated US death metal maestros Morta Skuld have completed work on their new studio album, & first full-length release since the ‘Surface’ album in 1997. Titled Wounds Deeper Than Time, the band has reunited with original label Peaceville Records for this latest opus, set for release on 17th February 2017. Wounds Deeper …

US alt rock four-piece DOMMIN have announced their third album will be titled ‘Beautiful Crutch’. Produced and mixed by the band’s namesake, Kristofer Dommin, ‘Beautiful Crutch’ will be released via DNRecords on December 22, for the winter solstice. Fans keen to be involved in the process for the remarkable new album and …

Finland’s apocalyptic post punks GRAVE PLEASURES (spawned from the internationally acclaimed, BEASTMILK) release a new 7” EP ‘Funeral Party’ this Friday 18th November, via frontman Mat McNerney’s own Secret Trees record label.  The 7” was self produced and recorded in Finland, but mastered by John Davis (Savages, Bat For Lashes, Lana …

WEDNESDAY 13 is set to make a return to UK shores with his ‘Undead, Unplugged’ set in February 2017.  The popular evening features an extended set of acoustic takes on his catalogue of songs, plus a wealth of tales regaled from his career and years on the road.  Support comes …

Andy Bennett is best known as a member of Ocean Colour Scheme, in which he played guitar for over a decade before leaving the band last year to focus on his own solo projects.  He’s just released his solo album, Thinkin’ Drinkin’ Singin’ via Swan Music. In terms of the …

Tonight’s lineup looked pretty damn good – Airbourne with support from Crobot.  It then got better with the addition of The Franklys, a band I hadn’t seen live before, but I’ve heard the EP and really like it, so I was looking forward to all three bands on the bill.  …

Jon Lord is best remembered by rock fans as the keyboard player from Deep Purple.  His Hammond Organ sound was a key part of Deep Purple’s music, but he was far more than just an ordinary keyboard player – he was a composer too.  By composer I don”t mean he …

After a three-month production period, the band released their first video of the new album “Reflections” on Sunday, 10/30 – the clip for “Last Night” is now available on various online platforms. The production by the way was done by THE COCKPIT (Directior: Christian Enzlmueller) once again – they have …

Kobra and the Lotus had the job of opening tonight’s strong lineup.  The Canadian band played their first every UK show almost exactly seven years ago playing to a dozen or so people, and have toured a lot since then, building up a support base the old fashioned way – …

There are some bands that tour every year, while others like the Rolling Stones very rarely tour.  If you live in the US then you’d say Heart fall into the first category, while those fans in Europe and the UK would say they’re in the latter category.  It’s been 12 …

Electric boys opened the night. Formed in 1988, they’re the first of three 80s bands playing tonight.  They play great music which mixes hard rock with a funk sound and are a great live band.  It’s no surprise to see they go down well with the crowd – they’re not …